Spring Ramblings and Noted People in a Boston Chronicle
The Observant CICIZEN notes three train wreck reports in quick succession and jokes about spring signs like rhubarb pie. It mentions Judge W Lucullus A Emery of Maine delivering Probate Law lectures at Boston University Law School in April and praises Judge Emory’s rise, plus Rev George E Heath discussing forming an executive committee for civic improvements in South Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Lucullus A. Emery
Supreme Court of Maine
Boston University Law School
Femnery
Supreme Bench
George E. Heath
Boston
Marmola Tablets Promote Directotre Fashion Weight Loss
A 1920s style notice endorses Marmola Prescription Tablets as an easy way to shed excess fat for the Directotre mode. It claims the tablets can reduce weight quickly, are harmless, and can be obtained from a druggist or Marmola Co. in Detroit for 75 cents a large case.
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Marmola Co
Farmer Bldg
Detroit
Mich
Ford Hall
Health Hints From the Syndicates and Schools
A satirical verse by Walt Mason mocks dietary and lifestyle rules pushed by self proclaimed health reformers. The poet ridicules rigid regimes as harmful and pious exaggeration and ends with a note on decay and confinement.
Newbury silver mines attract workers and signs of wealth
In Newbury, twelve men toil in shifts to sink a shaft through meadow land as tests show silver, copper, and lead in ore. Nearby a maple sap season hints at early spring while residents share small-town curiosities and the day’s light news from Revere to Boston.
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Colorado
Newbury
Massachusetts
Men's Clothing Ad Promotes New Suits and Coats
The store presents the latest approved character suits and coats with strong durable materials and modest prices from 15 dollars upward. Shop tomorrow to see the new patterns and styles.
Striking Ladies Suits and Coats Offer Low First Payments
Striking models in whip cords and mannish serges in all colors. Come now for first selections and pay a little with balance on charge. Suits from 15 dollars and up coats 10 dollars and up. Don’t wait come tomorrow.
University Opera Lecture On Strauss Operas
The final lecture in a Boston University opera series will be held next Saturday at 4 pm in Jacob Sleeper Hall. Olin Downes and Elizabeth Amsden will narrate with excerpts from Strauss operas, featuring Amsden and Kaplick singing Salome passages while Strong performs the Dance of Salome and outlines themes from other Strauss works.
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Boston University
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Richard Strauss
Olin Downes
Elizabeth Amsden
Max Kaplick
Charles Strony
Miss Amsden
Mr. Kaplick
Mr. Strong
Fragmentary ad copy for Adamson's Cough Balsam appears
OCR reads like an old medicinal advertisement about Adamson's Cough Balsam claiming relief from cold symptoms. The legible portion mentions a cough cure and suggests it eases throat discomfort during illness.
Middle-Aged Mother and Sewing Circle Dilemmas
Reader letters from the Boston Post Sewing Circle discuss themes of fashion versus virtue, marital harmony, and self restraint. A mother questions sacrificing her singing for her daughter's dress, Aunt Helen seeks advice on a club habit, and Alice praises a husband who assists with gown work and piano.
Engaged mother-daughter clash over attire and marriage
Dear Sewing Circle Sisters laments a self centered daughter desiring silk finery. The writer recalls shared upbringing with her mother and questions the daughter's priorities while predicting a suitable husband will seek a more modest wife.
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Sewing Circle
Honest Advice From a Mother to Her Daughters
A middle aged mother criticizes advice given to women, arguing many prefer daughters marry money over poverty and fear jealous rivals in the pursuit of well to do husbands. She insists honesty over pretended prudence.
Patches or Silks To Middle Aged Mother
A reader admonishes a mother for wearing patched shoes while her daughter wears silks, arguing the display harms the daughter's social standing. The letter claims the daughter would grow up selfish if her mother continues self sacrifice seen as ostentatious.
Dear Sisters I Mother of One
A mother writes that her daughter seems doomed to remain unwed because she cannot afford expensive clothes. She notes other girls attract suitors by dressing like chorus girls and asks sisters for guidance on improving her daughter's prospects through appearance.
Save Her While There's Time Dear Mother
Instructions urge a middle aged mother to reform her selfish daughter through practical, frugal training in sewing, mending, cooking, and housekeeping to prepare her for a modest, self sufficient life. The text stresses the perils of wealth and the value of domestic skill.
The Problem of the Husband's Evenings
A newly married young wife writes of her trouble as she confides to sisters about her husband’s evenings and what concerns her in the early months of marriage.
Sewing Circle reader shares a playful marriage note
A reader sends a light letter to the Sewing Circle describing husbandly love and devotion. The note introduces the author as well looking and continues with affectionate remarks about married life.
Percival the Mechanical Man Faces Duel in Next Sunday's Post
The comic page introduces Percy the mechanical man in a humorous duel against Professor Vogner set for the coming Post issue.
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Percy
Next Sunday
Post
Danderine Promises Dandruff Cure and Hair Revival
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine claiming it cures dandruff in minutes, stops itching, prevents hair loss, and makes hair grow longer, thicker, and shinier. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle at drug stores, promising immediate and long term cosmetic benefits.
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Knowlton
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